effect of music therapy on patients' blood pressure in endoscopy unit in Bou-Ali Hospital, Ardebil

Today, endoscopic evaluation of digestive system is an important diagnostic approach in gastrointestinal diseases. As it is an invasive method, it causes fear and anxiety in patients. The current study was fulfilled to evaluate the effect of music therapy during endoscopy on the anxiety of patients by measuring blood pressure. This is an experimental study of single blind clinical trial type. The participants were patients in the endoscopy unit in the age range of 30 to 60, undergoing endoscopy or colonoscopy for the first time with negative history of cardiovascular diseases or hypertension. Cases were randomly placed in two groups: the experiment group who listened to music during the procedure and the control group who did not listen to music during the procedure. The patients' blood pressures, arterial blood oxygen saturation during the procedure as well as their demographic information were recorded. Finally, the data was analyzed using t- test and analysis of variance by SPSS software. Our results demonstrated that patients of the experiment group had lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and higher arterial blood oxygen saturation comparing to control group, but the difference was not statistically significant. Also it was showed that the blood pressure altered more in the patients underwent colonoscopy comparing those underwent endoscopy. The difference was statistically significant. [p= 0.034] Mean duration of endoscopy procedure in control group was higher than that of the experiment group. Light music has useful effects on cooperation and tolerance of patients during the procedure by regulating blood pressure and oxygen saturation of blood and reducing the duration of the procedure

effect of music on Bp of patients in endoscopy unit as a criterion for anxiety in Bouali hospital, Ardabil, 2004

Today endoscopy is veray efficient but invasive gastrointestinal diagnostic method that can be frightening and painful. Common physiologic reaction to this is anxiety resulting in an increase in blood pressure. Previous studies have indicated that patients may benefit by music through reducing pain and anxiety. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music on patients' anxiety by checking their blood pressure. Statistical analysis using ANOVA and T-test were used to compare differences in SPSS soft ware. This study was an experimental clinical trial. Subjects were eligible for the study as they had undergone endoscopic and colonoscopic examinations for the first time, they were 30-60 years old, did not have any cardiac dieases and hypertension and had been randomly assigned into two groups. One group listened to music and the other one did not. Study results indicated that patients who listened to music had lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure and higher O[2] saturation than control group but it was not statistically significant. The findings also showed that patients who had colonoscopy had higher blood pressure compared to the patients who had endoscopy. Slow music had a positive effect on blood pressure decrease, O[2] saturation increase, patients' tolerance of procedure, cooperation and reduction of procedure time in the experimental group

Occurrence and predisposing factors of phlebitis in patients with Iv therapy

Catheterization is the most common invasive and stressful treatment for inpatients. In addition to pain, its complications are threatening patients' life. One of these complications is phlebitis. Phlebitis is a serious complication that causes an unexpected increase in hospitalization period and treatment costs. It may cause sepsis and emboli. The accepted rate for phlebitis is%5 or less, while some studies report that rate between 25-70 percent. The main objective of this study is determining phlebitis occurrence and its predisposing factors in surgical wards of Ardabil hospitals. This study is a descriptive cross-sectional one. In this study, 400 cases of catheters in patients hospitalized in surgical wards of hospitals were randomly selected and studied. In this study, the peripheral catheter of patients over 12 years was studied and parameters such as demographic data, diagnosis, catheter type, drugs, solutions, catheterization period, vein, dressing type and rate of phlebitis were studied and then the data were analyzed with SPSS. Results showed that most of patients [%31/9] had catheter for 4 days.Most of the catheters [%37] were inserted in cephalic veins. The occurrence of phlebitis rate was 19.6 percent in 72hr while post infusion phlebitis rate was 16.5 percent. In most cases [%85] catheters were covered with no sterile dressing. Regarding high rate of phlebitis in this study, it seems necessary to conduct education on more appropriate application of catheters in patients in order to diminish phlebitis